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TIL that it took Jon Stewart 14 min to single handedly cancel the cnn show crossfire

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nPnY TIL the first digital camera was developed by Kodak in 1975 but then dropped due to fears that it would threaten their photographic-film business
p84Qe TIL the official trailer for The Shining, which consists entirely of the bloody elevator scene, was made at a time when blood was not allowed in trailers. The director convinced the MPAA the blood was actually rusty water to get it approved.
ynJp TIL: Male genital mutilation in Africa causes an unknown number of yearly deaths along with numerous penile amputations. “Countless numbers of participants are left with permanent scarring or deformity…penises have become so infected and gangrenous they literally drop off.”
pYmPb TIL DeForest Kelley, who played Dr McCoy in Star Trek, wanted to become a doctor, but couldn't afford medical school. He regularly received letters from fans who went into medicine because of him and said "to influence the youth of the country ... is an award that is not handed out by the industry"
jNn7a TIL that the gravity on the ISS is almost the same as it is on Earth. Satellites orbit by constantly freefalling around the Earth, and freefall causes weightlessness.